Centroamericano
סנטרואמריקנוVery high yielding with very good quality potential if planted in healthy soil and at elevations >1300 meters, with resistance to rust. Well-adapted for agroforestry.
History & Origin
A first-generation (F1) hybrid originating from a cross between rust-resistant [T5296] (/varieties/t5296) and the Ethiopian landrace variety Rume Sudan. Centroamericano is resistant to coffee leaf rust, is extremely high yielding (in breeding evaluations, it showed production increases of 22–47% over the standard varieties in Central America). Centroamericano has also proven to have exceptional cup quality potential when well-managed at high altitudes. It was released in 2010 for farmers in Central America.The variety was created by a consortium including French research institute CIRAD, a regional network of national coffee institutes in Central America (PROMECAFE), and a coffee genebank in Costa Rica (CATIE). F1 hybrid varieties are still relatively new in coffee agriculture; only a handful have become commercially available to farmers in the last 15 years, and only in select countries.
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Morphology
- Stature
- Dwarf/Compact
- Leaf tip color
- Green
- Bean size
- Large
- Yield potential
- Very High
Altitude & Quality
- Optimal altitude
- Low, Medium, High
- Quality at high altitude
- Very Good
Disease Resistance
- Coffee leaf rust
- Highly resistant
- Nematode
- Susceptible
- Coffee berry disease
- Tolerant
Agronomy
- Year of first production
- Year 2
- Nutrition requirement
- Very High
- Ripening
- Average
- Cherry to green outturn
- Very High
- Planting density
- 3000-4000 plants/ha (using single-stem pruning)
Genetics
- Genetic group
- F1 hybrid (introgressed)
- Lineage
- T5296 x Rume Sudan
- Breeder
- CIRAD-CATIE-ICAFE-IHCAFE-PROCAFE-ANACAFE
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